Coil embolization therapy in congenital coronary arterial fistulas

Pediatr Cardiol. 2003 Mar-Apr;24(2):149-53. doi: 10.1007/s00246-002-0222-4. Epub 2002 Sep 25.

Abstract

Three pediatric patients (8.5 years, 3 years, and 1 month) presented with congenital coronary arterial fistulas. In all cases the fistulas entered into the right side of the heart (main pulmonary artery, n = 1; right ventricle, n = 2). In the first patient, the fistula and an open ductus arteriosus were closed during the same intervention. The second patient presented with a single left coronary ostium and residual shunt from the coronary artery system to the right ventricle after surgery. The third child had pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and a fistula from the left coronary artery to the right ventricle. The fistulas in all patients were managed with coil occlusion. Fistula occlusion was documented with angiocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / congenital*
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / therapy*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / therapy*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Outcome